Office Manager salary in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area against South Carolina and the US

Office managers at the 90th percentile earn $94,330, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.3. The middle half of office managers in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area earns $47,190–$77,700. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $30,510 wide, wider than in South Carolina as a whole ($30,080) and the US ($29,140), so what a office manager earns in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an office manager here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,560 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,950, or about $23,161 once benefits are added. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $69,500 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area, and the South Carolina statewide median of $62,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area

At the $59,750 median, a local hire costs about $77,097 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,347 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 13 roles we track in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($61,740) and sales development representatives ($58,630). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,650.

Measured against the US median, office managers rank #4 of the 13 roles we track in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area (-14.0%), between virtual receptionists (-13.1%) and administrative assistants (-15.9%). The typical role here is at -16.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Office managers hold 12.3% of the jobs in these 13 roles in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area, 10.9% across South Carolina and 9.3% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $58,590 in Sumter to $65,910 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $7,320 a year. Of the 9 areas in South Carolina with more office managers than the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC ($59,370), Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC ($59,090) and the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area ($59,100).

the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area is #394 of 517 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside South Carolina, Corpus Christi and Goldsboro pay just above the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area and Tallahassee and Hinesville just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many office managers, two pay more.

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